Portfolio

 

Paper

Botanical sculptures made from paper, wire, and glue. Colored with paints, markers, and pan pastels.

Fiber

Knitting, crochet, felt, and sewing projects. Clothing, stuffed animals, amigurumi, embroidery, and more.

Digital

Illustration, vector art, and graphic design. Primarily done with Procreate and Affinity designer.

About

Nina is an emerging paper florist, multifaceted artist, and lifetime craft nerd. She lives in Olympia, WA with her husky-chihuahua rescue pup.

Instagram @northwestnina

Making paper flowers based on dahlias you grew from seed has the added bonus of photographing them next to the real thing. These are prototypes for a tutorial/workshop I have been developing the last few weeks. I spent last night playing with diffe
This weekend I finally started making dahlias based on the shooting star seeds I grew. I purposefully haven’t looked at any single open form dahlia tutorials or templates this year to challenge myself to make them from scratch on my own. I am h
Slowly getting through some pictures of the garden over the last few months. My favorite dahlia from seed was this gothy one I’ve been calling Nadja.
Not as dramatic as the show in May (and I might stay up to wait out the clouds that rolled in), but still so grateful I have seen the aurora twice this year from my own backyard. It feels like a gift in a real shitstorm of a year, with my mom’s
Leonora from the @pinkandposey Garden Rose in Bloom retreat last weekend at @studiolifeseattle. You will find the tutorial in Quynh’s upcoming book which I am lucky to have been spoiled with getting early amongst many other treats last week&h
I waited very patiently for my Nimbus sweet peas to bloom finally. They got quite sunburned during the heat wave a few weeks ago but survived. I think next year the sweet peas are going in a different location. This first year of growing real flowers
Happy Floral Friday! English roses in an eggshell from @tiffanieturner’s zoom demo. I finished a while ago but didn’t photograph them until recently, so I could gift them to my grandma, who is recovering from a broken hip and shoulder r
More of my first @floretflower shooting star dahlia seeds blooming. I have officially caught the dahlia bug. I have tried, failed, and succeeded at growing many things this year and dahlias by far have brought me the most joy. I’m reading Disco